Building a garden from scratch is easier said than done, but for 15 years that is exactly what we did at Ravendale House.
It was often hard work, but we loved it and the result was our 'blank canvas' of 1998 was transformed into a beautiful and productive garden, which I hope you have enjoyed reading about in this blog.
But tide and time wait for no man and sad to say I am no longer able to give the garden the attention it deserves. It would break my heart to see it fall into disrepair, so the time has come to move on.
I will continue this blog in memory of 15 happy years gardening, but I don't have a garden at the moment so will start by telling the story of the last 9 months, so if you want to read the story from the beginning, please click here.
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I never thought I would be happy with a public house at the bottom of my garden. It’s not that we don’t drink, it’s just that the perception is it could be disruptive to quiet rural living.
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Well I got away with it a couple of nights ago. The frost came but the geraniums survived intact, and are still flowering their socks off.
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‘They’ said there is going to be a frost tonight. According to my last years gardening diary our first frost in Autumn 2008 was 27th October, so do I believe ‘them’?
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Today I cleared the last of the tomatoes out of the conservatory and brushed it out ready for it’s annual clean with Jeyes fluid.
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It’s just 12 months since we took delivery of our shed Billy. I’m pleased to report that he has survived his first 12 months in fine fettle.
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Today we cut the remaining hedges. When I say ‘we’ Peter does the cutting, and I do the clearing up, an equally important job given the wicked disposition of hawthorn hedging.
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Today we gave ourselves a day off and visited the annual open day of the Lincolnshire Trust For Cats, which is held not far from where we live. I love my garden as you know, but my first love is actually cats.
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Well it’s that time of year again. To paint or not to paint, that is the question. The outside of the house that is.
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I decided to dig up my white onions today. The tops were dead or dying, so it seemed like the right time. What a disappointment.